INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................... 3Main Part 1. ESPIONAGE AS A MIRROR OF BRITISH NATIONAL IDENTITY IN POST-WAR FICTION....................................................................................................................................... 71.1. The Gentleman Spy and Imperial Decline..................................................................................... 71.2. Cold War Anxieties and the Shifting British Psyche.......................................................... 10Main Part 2. CONTEMPORARY RECONFIGURATIONS OF BRITISHNESS AND ESPIONAGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY NOVEL........................................................... 132.1. Multiculturalism and the Redefinition of British Agents................................................. 132.2. Global Threats and the Erosion of National Borders....................................................... 16CONCLUSIONS..................................................................................................................................................... 19REFERENCES........................................................................................................................................................ 20